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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Idiots and Retail

I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk noticed that I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was signed.
When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare the signature on the credit card with the signature I just signed on the receipt.

So I signed the credit card in front of her. She carefully compared that signature to the one I signed on the receipt. As luck would have it, they matched.

Been there, done that! Exactly as you described. I need to take a cue from my friend, all of her cards say - SEE ID. So they have to check her ID everytime. She's been victim of identity theft, I can't blame her one bit!

A lot of stores nowadays really don't have a system in place for checking credit card signatures...since it's all on a machine, and you sign on the machine and the cashier doesn't even see the signature.